All tracks function well, ready for paint. I so need a better camera.
Yearly Archives: 2013
I found four rail joiners this morning, so I laid the other 2 sidings this morning. They are shorter than I really wanted, but oh well. I think that I am done laying track on this layout. As soon as this glue dries, I am going out and finding out […]
A quick update
I laid track for a siding, all 5 switches, and the main line. I mounted sprung Caboose Industries ground throws, they work great. I wired up the layout, and keeping up with the cheapskate premise of this layout, I used extra wire nuts that came free with a ceiling fan (I […]
It runs! Now I just need 8 more rail joiners…
Today, I soldered wire to rail joiners. I then took some blue painters tape, laid turnouts on the tape, and covered it with ballast. This not to create finished ballast, but to get ballast under the points so when I do the real ballasting, I don’t get glue there. If […]
Step 2, the beginning of trackwork
Today, I cut lumber, and built my benchwork. It really is nothing special. I made 2 boxes, both about 14″x37″, and placed a top on it. There is a brace in the center that has a ½ inch hole to run the bus wire through. The center “ends” also have a pair of […]
Step1, Benchwork
So, Model Railroad Hobbyist E-Zine had a track planning contest to design and build a layout for $500. The $500 includes track, a power pack, motive power, cars, buildings and scenery. I went to Lowes and I bought three 1×4 furring strips, trimmed them down to size, used a pair of sides […]